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are you pleased he won the election? >> i'm pleased he won the election. i voted for it, it was a better choice than romney. but both men are operating inside of the concept of the american empire's economy is getting worse. now we just accept it. no one in the argument, in the debate ever question why we have to have such a big military. why we have to have foreign bases. 800 plus bases. and why we -- on top of it, you can talk about what obama said, america is the indispensable nation again. we heard this rhetoric over the years. it's dangerous. we're not indispensable. not god apointed. we should be humble in the face of the prosperity we have. we've used our. we've become like the yankees a bit. a little arrogant. and we're buying what we need. you mentioned petraeus earlier. i said, maybe the concept of using money in afghanistan and iraq to bribe the sunnis not to bribe us. it's a dirty thing that we do abroad. people in america don't know about the dirty wars. >> when you search this. how many military conflicts has america been engaged in, that you
are you pleased he won the election? >> i'm pleased he won the election. i voted for it, it was a better choice than romney. but both men are operating inside of the concept of the american empire's economy is getting worse. now we just accept it. no one in the argument, in the debate ever question why we have to have such a big military. why we have to have foreign bases. 800 plus bases. and why we -- on top of it, you can talk about what obama said, america is the indispensable nation...
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but that's not what this election was about. barack obama made it about very little things, little small things like the planned parenthood funding and contraception, and he didn't make it about those two fundamental visions for america, and americans pointed out those fundamental differences and what type of freedom we're talking about. >> do you intend on running again? >> i don't intend to do anything right now other than spend a little time working to make sure that we don't walk away from the very principles that made our country great and that there is at least one party that's going to sound by those principles, so that's my objective right now. i have an organization called patriot voices which i hope people will join and stand with me in that fight, and i have a book that just came out called "american patriots" and i have a movie called "our sacred honor" all talking about american principles and how they apply to dealing with the problems today. i think that's what we have to get back to, and hopefully we can start th
but that's not what this election was about. barack obama made it about very little things, little small things like the planned parenthood funding and contraception, and he didn't make it about those two fundamental visions for america, and americans pointed out those fundamental differences and what type of freedom we're talking about. >> do you intend on running again? >> i don't intend to do anything right now other than spend a little time working to make sure that we don't...
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the american people have spoken and said we're re-electing you, he can raise taxation if he wants to, can't he? >> there's probably a fair argument as what really drove the president's victory, was it in fact because he said that we should tax billionaires and millionaires, if that's the reason he won i guess you would call it a mandate. it was certainly a closer election this year than it was in 2008 but you know, close doesn't matter. the president won and their team gets to govern in the senate and the presidency and so i think what's important now is republicans and democrats in washington do what they haven't been able to do for four years and that is to find a way to get our country back to work and out of debt. this is an immoral and unsustainable problem that we've got. we're $16 trillion in debt. there's some fault for the president. the republicans now have to find a way to find that middle ground in the next 60 days or we go over a cliff and it's bad for the entire country. so there's work to do and we need to do it without capitulating on our principles. that's cut spendin
the american people have spoken and said we're re-electing you, he can raise taxation if he wants to, can't he? >> there's probably a fair argument as what really drove the president's victory, was it in fact because he said that we should tax billionaires and millionaires, if that's the reason he won i guess you would call it a mandate. it was certainly a closer election this year than it was in 2008 but you know, close doesn't matter. the president won and their team gets to govern in...
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he was re-elected last week amid separate investigations by the fbi and house ethics committee. he has been on a leave of absence since june. he didn't campaign. it remains unclear when he'll return. >>> an army prosecutor said at a preliminary military hearing today that staff sergeant robert bales should face a court martial and eventually the death penalty. he's accused of killing can 16 afghan villagers in an early-morning rampage in march. the prosecution believes he acted and i use their words here, with chilling premeditation. but his family says there are other factors at play. in a statement to "outfront" today, they said, much of the testimony was painful, even heartbreaking but we're not convinced the government has shown us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about what happened that night. the hearing ended today, and it will determine if his case goes to trial. >>> it was a week ago today that voters went to the polls and for those who remain unhappy with the country's direction, they're making their voices heard another way, calling for their sta
he was re-elected last week amid separate investigations by the fbi and house ethics committee. he has been on a leave of absence since june. he didn't campaign. it remains unclear when he'll return. >>> an army prosecutor said at a preliminary military hearing today that staff sergeant robert bales should face a court martial and eventually the death penalty. he's accused of killing can 16 afghan villagers in an early-morning rampage in march. the prosecution believes he acted and i...
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you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. in that spirit i've invited leaders of both parties to the white house next week so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. i also intend to bring in labor and civic leaders from all across the country here to washington to get their ideas and input as well. our focus has to be jobs and growth. that's the focus of the plan that i talked about during the campaign. it's a plan to reward small businesses and manufacturers to create jobs here, not overseas. it's a time to give people the chance to get the education and training that businesses are looking for right now. it's a plan to make sure this country is a global leader in research and technology and clean energy which will attract new companies and high wage jobs to america. it's a plan to put folks back to work, including our veterans. rebuilding our roads and bridges and infrastructure, and it's a plan to reduce our deficit in a balanced and responsible way. our work is made that muc
you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. in that spirit i've invited leaders of both parties to the white house next week so we can start to build consensus around the challenges that we can only solve together. i also intend to bring in labor and civic leaders from all across the country here to washington to get their ideas and input as well. our focus has to be jobs and growth. that's the focus of the plan that i talked about during the campaign. it's a plan to reward small businesses...
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that's how we win elections. we don't win elections by insulting voters. >> in the wake of the election a lot of republicans, not just jindal, are doing soul searching about how they can better appeal to groups that voted for obama. romney apparently didn't get that memo. joining me now, cnn contributors and republican strategist, mary matalin and charles blow. you have been tweeting extensively on this. you said you werlivid at governor romney, that the comments were offensive. you said he needs to take a look in the mirror. what do you mean? >> i think he needs to figure out what were his own flaws. what were the deficiencies with his campaign. i get it, okay, he was talking to 300 of his top donors, people who raised almost $1 billion and he needs to explain why he lost and it's easier to blame somebody else than to look in the mirror and blame yourself for your shortfalls but i think it's mitt romney who has to figure out why did he get 27% with the hispanic vote. mary worked for george w. bush white house. g
that's how we win elections. we don't win elections by insulting voters. >> in the wake of the election a lot of republicans, not just jindal, are doing soul searching about how they can better appeal to groups that voted for obama. romney apparently didn't get that memo. joining me now, cnn contributors and republican strategist, mary matalin and charles blow. you have been tweeting extensively on this. you said you werlivid at governor romney, that the comments were offensive. you said...
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i was obsessed with the election. i'm coming down to earth now and relaxing. >> you know what, i love it, because you gave us some real highlights, moments that we're going to remember for a good long time. one of those highlights, of course, a lot of bloopers that everybody made and yet you have a list of your favorites here, starting with herman cain and foreign policy. let's listen. >> and would ask me who is the president of ubeki-stan, stan, i'm going to say i don't know. do you know? >> this is a man i wanted to get the republican presidential nominee. you know how much funnier this campaign would have been if herman cain was the nominee? i think big ratings, i think people would tune in and watch. >> you also love this one too, this is one that kind of raised a lot of eyebrows. the binders of women with romney and the second presidential debate. >> i said, well, gosh, can't we find some women that are also qualified? and so we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qu
i was obsessed with the election. i'm coming down to earth now and relaxing. >> you know what, i love it, because you gave us some real highlights, moments that we're going to remember for a good long time. one of those highlights, of course, a lot of bloopers that everybody made and yet you have a list of your favorites here, starting with herman cain and foreign policy. let's listen. >> and would ask me who is the president of ubeki-stan, stan, i'm going to say i don't know. do...
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the other problem we had, we didn't have a single election, we had 10,000 elections because we had elections on the local level and a big part of the problem is not people trying to steal elections but the competence. not everybody knows,000 run it. they're running out of ballots, the lines are too long, and machines broke. you don't do it in a rational way. >> so you say that congress cannot only -- not only can but 140u8d step in here to fix these problems. i mean how would they do that? what kind of constitutional pow doerr they have and what would it look like? >> many people think it's an issue left to the states but the constitution says when it comes to congressional elections, congress can overpower the states and impose whatever it wants. most of them would go along. this is how we had laws like the 1993 motor voter law which would require states to do certain voter registration activities, keep their voter rolls clean. congress can do this. i don't think they're going to do it. but we could have congress step in tomorrow and set up a national agency that would run our election. >>>
the other problem we had, we didn't have a single election, we had 10,000 elections because we had elections on the local level and a big part of the problem is not people trying to steal elections but the competence. not everybody knows,000 run it. they're running out of ballots, the lines are too long, and machines broke. you don't do it in a rational way. >> so you say that congress cannot only -- not only can but 140u8d step in here to fix these problems. i mean how would they do...
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election was november 6th. this obviously leaves some huge holes in the president's national security team. what do we know about this cabinet shuffle that's about to begin? >> reporter: well, as we talk about personnel matters, let me say, the saying inside the obama administration is, "those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know." so, keeping that in mind, those who talk to me say the following. that u.s. ambassador susan rice has supporters inside the white house to become secretary of state. if she were to go for that job, if she were to be nominated, obviously, she would have a bruising confirmation battle, but people believe she would ultimately get confirmed. do they want that fight is a question and how would that affect the rest of the chess pieces? senator john kerry, who chairs the senate foreign relations committee, has, it's been widely known, long wanted to be secretary of state. if susan rice gets the state nomination, he could be put up for secretary of defense. or not. he says he's
election was november 6th. this obviously leaves some huge holes in the president's national security team. what do we know about this cabinet shuffle that's about to begin? >> reporter: well, as we talk about personnel matters, let me say, the saying inside the obama administration is, "those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know." so, keeping that in mind, those who talk to me say the following. that u.s. ambassador susan rice has supporters inside the white house...
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together. >>> big changes because of this past week's election. voters ushered in the legalization of recreational marijuana to people of colorado and washington state. but the federal government still views weed as illegal. so those states will still need to navigate federal laws before the citizens can legally buy and sell it. >>> the troubled u.s. postal service is expecting a boom this holiday season and expects to handle 365 million packages this year, a 20% jump from 2011. they will have more business has the fedex and u.p.s. combined. customers will scramble to get packages in the mail for on-time christmas delivery. >>> walmart is trying to edge out the competition for black friday. they are opening up at 8:00 p.m. thanksgiving, two hours earlier than last year. sears and kmart are opening thanksgiving as well. >>> that is this week's "getting down to business," alison kosik, cnn, new york. ♪ >>> well, 2016 is on the minds of some politicians, and several veterans who served in iraq and afghanistan are celebrating their 2012 victory, in
together. >>> big changes because of this past week's election. voters ushered in the legalization of recreational marijuana to people of colorado and washington state. but the federal government still views weed as illegal. so those states will still need to navigate federal laws before the citizens can legally buy and sell it. >>> the troubled u.s. postal service is expecting a boom this holiday season and expects to handle 365 million packages this year, a 20% jump from...
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frpts mitt romney lost the election but may have made history. his loss could go down as the last presidential campaign to bank on the white vote for a win. i spoke about this to al cardenas and patrick milsap who is newt gingrich's former campaign chief of staff. i asked what republicans can do to do better in 2016? >> i think at first we have an outreach program. we are banking on votes that are not necessarily in the bank and counting the votes that clearly aren't necessarily there. >> al, i would not be going out on a limb saying that the gop has a problem, and does your party have a future in national elections if it doesn't diversify? >> well, if it can't, it's not just political malpractice but political suicide. we just need to do a better job and as i tell my friends on the center right and conservative right, we don't need to change our values, because they are winning values, but we need a long-term commitment and real commitment to the minority communities. we can't lose the hispanic vote 4-1. we can't lose the asian vote 4-1. we can'
frpts mitt romney lost the election but may have made history. his loss could go down as the last presidential campaign to bank on the white vote for a win. i spoke about this to al cardenas and patrick milsap who is newt gingrich's former campaign chief of staff. i asked what republicans can do to do better in 2016? >> i think at first we have an outreach program. we are banking on votes that are not necessarily in the bank and counting the votes that clearly aren't necessarily there....
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we have been focused on the election. the killing in syria intensified just in week in damascus and now we have the embattled syrian leader bashar al assad saying, forget it, i'm not going anywhere. prepared to die in syria. forget about leaving for a nation of his choice as suggested this week by british prime minister cameron this week. we have sat here and talked syria. bring me up to speed in damascus. >> it's worse. the death toll daily routinely in the triple digits. that used to be an anomaly. now 150 killed as a regular occurrence. we are seeing more car bombs. more al qaeda-linked fighters in the country using al qaeda-type tactics like targeting military installations with car bombs and of course that carries with it civilian casualties and now we are hearing from the syrian president as you said. he spoke to russia today, television, and he said he's not going anywhere. i'm not a puppet. i was not made by the west, he said, to go to the west or to any other country. i'm a syrian. i was made in syria. i have to
we have been focused on the election. the killing in syria intensified just in week in damascus and now we have the embattled syrian leader bashar al assad saying, forget it, i'm not going anywhere. prepared to die in syria. forget about leaving for a nation of his choice as suggested this week by british prime minister cameron this week. we have sat here and talked syria. bring me up to speed in damascus. >> it's worse. the death toll daily routinely in the triple digits. that used to be...
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there's a lot of delay, speculation, that this had something to do with the election. i don't think it's good to have this speculation, so let's get the real answers, we're going to have a public hearing and issue a report so that the american people get what they deserve to hear. >> i want to ask you something about john mccain. i don't know if you're aware of this, but he along with several other republicans did not attend the hearing today, but he's blood pressure vocal on this issue. a cnn producer skz him, by the way, instead of coming, he was holding a press conference calling for a separate investigation into benghazi, so a cnn producer asked why he didn't go to the hearing and here's what he said -- >> not going to comment on how i spend my time. >> is john mccain being too political? >> well, look, first of all, that was yesterday. and yesterday was a closed session of the intelligence committee. today was the hearing and today was where the director of national intelligence, the head of the counterintelligence agency, the cia, fbi, state department, they were
there's a lot of delay, speculation, that this had something to do with the election. i don't think it's good to have this speculation, so let's get the real answers, we're going to have a public hearing and issue a report so that the american people get what they deserve to hear. >> i want to ask you something about john mccain. i don't know if you're aware of this, but he along with several other republicans did not attend the hearing today, but he's blood pressure vocal on this issue....